Adjunct Instructor, Computer Science

About the role

The role of Adjunct Faculty at Texas Southmost College involves working on a limited basis to fulfill the College's mission, vision, values, and goals of providing a quality education for all students. The relationship with students is one of leader, teacher, advisor, and facilitator of learning. Responsibilities include managing learning environments, delivering effective instruction, enhancing the student's learning experience, promoting continual improvement, supporting student learning, pursuing professional development, and handling sensitive confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Strive for continual improvement of student success by planning an optimal learning environment; providing high quality instruction; participating in the development of learning outcomes and in the assessment of students; and engaging in ongoing professional development.
• Manage learning environments by ensuring accurate syllabi are developed, attendance records are maintained, grades are submitted, and constructive feedback is provided.
• Deliver effective instruction by assuming primary responsibility for curriculum development, considering individual differences, and using the College’s digital learning solution.
• Enhance the student’s learning experience by integrating real-life situations, developing academic literacy, and working with students and employers in occupational settings.
• Collaborate with colleagues to construct and continuously improve measurable learning outcomes, aligning with THECB core curriculum objectives and TSC objectives.
• Audit student learning by designing assessments, sequencing learning opportunities, and aligning assessments with learning opportunities.
• Promote continual improvement by developing and revising curriculum as needed and using defined student learning outcomes to plan, develop, document, and evaluate teaching activities.
• Support TSC’s institutional effectiveness program by understanding SOAPs, completing performance evaluation measures, sharing best practices, and striving for improved educational effectiveness.
• Support learning through student engagement by creating a positive classroom atmosphere, encouraging active and collaborative learning, and making students aware of available support services.
• Maintain a learning-centered environment by being available during the designated work period and making students aware of and referring them to appropriate support services.
• Pursue professional development by taking graduate courses, participating in internal classes, and maintaining required professional credentials and continuing education hours.
• Participate in discipline-specific activities as appropriate.
• Handle sensitive and extensive confidential information.
• Complete duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies, and guidelines.
• Promote positive morale and teamwork within the functional unit and provide exceptional customer service to students, faculty, and the community.
• Use interpersonal skills and make sound judgments to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed between coworkers, the supervisory chain, faculty, staff, students, and customers.
• Complete all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).
• Support the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan.
• Assist with the process for systematic review and evaluation of the planning unit per the model adopted by the College, including the development and monitoring of outcomes and plans of action for improvement based on the assessment of those outcomes and plans.

Physical Demands

• Frequently stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear, and taste or smell.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.